Regions
There are three different types of regions:
Formal regions are those that are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.
Functional regions are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city newspaper is the functional region of that paper. (This means that there must be a core that extends outward in terms of influence. That influence will diminish over distance. Thus, one could say that, for example, much of Gyeonggi-do is part of the "Seoul region".
Vernacular regions are perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East;" they have no formal boundaries but are understood in our mental maps (see exercise done at the courses beginning for an idea of what a mental map is).
- Taken from Mr. Plouffe's Theme 5 Regions Link
Vernacular Region
Language Map of Southeast Asia
The most common language family in Southeast Asia are the Sino-Tibetan (Tai, Burmese, and Austronesian) and the Austro-Asiatic root (Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon-Khmer, and Papuan). The map above shows the areas in which different languages are spoken.
Functional Region
The map above shows the different countries that the countries within the regions were colonized by. ----
Formal Region Countries : Capitals
Southeast Asia
Brunei : Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia : Phnom Penh
Indonesia : Jakarta
Laos : Vientiane
Malaysia : Kuala Lumpur
Myanmar : Yangon
Papua New Guinea : Port Moresby
Philippines : Manila
Singapore : Singapore City
Thailand : Bangkok
Timor-Leste : Dili
Vietnam : Hanoi
South Pacific
Australia : Canberra
New Zealand : Wellington
Christmas Island : The Settlement
Cocos Islands : West Island
Coral Sea Islands : No Capital
Norfolk Island : Kingston
Fiji : Suva
Papua New Guinea : Port Moresby
Soloman Islands : Honiara
Kiribati : Tarawa Works Cited
There are three different types of regions:
- Taken from Mr. Plouffe's Theme 5 Regions Link
Vernacular Region
The most common language family in Southeast Asia are the Sino-Tibetan (Tai, Burmese, and Austronesian) and the Austro-Asiatic root (Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon-Khmer, and Papuan). The map above shows the areas in which different languages are spoken.
Functional Region
The map above shows the different countries that the countries within the regions were colonized by.
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Formal Region
Countries : Capitals
Brunei : Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia : Phnom Penh
Indonesia : Jakarta
Laos : Vientiane
Malaysia : Kuala Lumpur
Myanmar : Yangon
Papua New Guinea : Port Moresby
Philippines : Manila
Singapore : Singapore City
Thailand : Bangkok
Timor-Leste : Dili
Vietnam : Hanoi
Australia : Canberra
New Zealand : Wellington
Christmas Island : The Settlement
Cocos Islands : West Island
Coral Sea Islands : No Capital
Norfolk Island : Kingston
Fiji : Suva
Papua New Guinea : Port Moresby
Soloman Islands : Honiara
Kiribati : Tarawa
Works Cited
"Map of South East Asia." ReliefWeb ยป Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <http://www.reliefweb.int/mapc/asi_se/reg/seasia.html>.
"Student Atlas of World Geography." Online Book Archive - Books Online at McGraw-Hill Professional Books!. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. <http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?search_crawl=true&isbn=0073527602>.
"Company Drawings: India and South East Asia." THE BRITISH LIBRARY - The world's knowledge. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prdraw/companydrawings/index.html>.
"lib." libsea. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2009. <www2.library.ohiou.edu/sea/catalogs.html>.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/crossroads/hartmann/language.JPG
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